There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
COLONES
COLON
colon
(noun) the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
colon
(noun) a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
Colon, Aspinwall
(noun) a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
colon, Costa Rican colon
(noun) the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
colon, El Salvadoran colon
(noun) the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
colones
plural of colón
plural of colone
Anagrams
• console, coolens
Source: Wiktionary
COLON
Co"lon, n. Etym: [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. colon. Cf. Colic.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum.
Note: [See Illust of Digestion.]
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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